MMD

The Media Management Daemon process (service) runs on the

 

Data Protector Cell Manager and controls media management

 

and device operations. The process is started when Data

 

Protector is installed on the Cell Manager.

MMDB

The Media Management Database (MMDB) is a part of the IDB

 

that contains information about media, media pools, devices,

 

libraries, library drives, and slots configured in the cell, as well

 

as the Data Protector media used for backup. In an enterprise

 

backup environment, this part of the database can be common

 

to all cells.

 

See also CMMDB, CDB.

MoM

Several cells can be grouped together and managed from a

 

central cell. The management system of the central cell is the

 

Manager-of-Managers (MoM). The cells are called MoM clients.

 

The MoM enables you to configure and manage multiple cells

 

from a central point.

mount request

A screen prompt that tells you to insert a specific medium into

 

a device. Once you respond to the mount request by providing

 

the required medium and confirm the mount request, the session

 

continues.

mount point

The access point in a directory structure for a disk or logical

 

volume, for example/opt or d:. On UNIX, the mount points

 

are displayed using the bdf or df command.

MSM

The Data Protector Media Session Manager, which runs on the

 

Cell Manager and controls media sessions, such as copying

 

media.

MU number

(HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) Mirror Unit

 

number. An integer number (0, 1 or 2), used to indicate a

 

first-level mirror.

 

See also first-level mirror.

multi-drive server

A license that allows you to run an unlimited number of Media

 

Agents on a single system. This license, which is bound to the

 

IP address of the Cell Manager, is no longer available.

obdrindex.dat

See IDB recovery file.

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